IAEA launches ATLAS to support nuclear tech at sea
Last week, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) launched ATLAS, Atomic Technologies Licensed for Applications at Sea. The Nuclear Energy Maritime Organization (NEMO) welcomes the initiative, which is to support international cooperation around the safe,...
Svanehøj to supply CO2 pumps for Wagenborg’s LCO2 carrier
INEOS recently entered a long-term agreement with Royal Wagenborg to construct and deploy the first dedicated LCO2 carrier for the Greensand project. Now, INEOS has selected Svanehøj as the supplier of CO2 cargo pumps for the new vessel. INEOS is a petrochemicals...
Holland Shipyards delivers cable recovery vessel Maasvliet
Holland Shipyards Group has delivered the Maasvliet, a highly specialised cable recovery vessel, to Hartel Shipping & Chartering, part of Hudig & Veder Group. The Maasvliet, measuring 90.6 metres in length and 13.2 metres in width, is designed to efficiently...
Demcon to supply Rijkswaterstaat’s first USV
Rijkswaterstaat has entered into a four-year partnership with Demcon Unmanned Systems for the delivery of a first unmanned survey vessel (USV) with autonomous navigation functionality. This small unmanned high tech survey vessel is less than two metres long and...
BIMCO: Regional container trade imbalances increase 33%
In this week’s “Shipping Number of the Week”, BIMCO examines the rise in container trade imbalances, which has been driven by faster export growth from East and Southeast Asia compared with all other regions except Sub-Saharan Africa. Since 2019, the global container...
Service boat hits rock during crew change
Incredibly, this second report of a service boat in trouble while undertaking a crew change occurred about six months after the previous Nautical Institute Mars Report incident (202462), and came from the same company! In this case, the crew again kept their cool, but...
Investment for Next Ocean vessel motion radar tech
Next Ocean has secured Seed Investment from Arches Capital to scale production, expand, and further develop its predictive vessel motion radar technology. The vessel motion radar systems are supplied to the offshore wind and oil and gas industries. Over the past...
VIDEO: MARIN trials offshore floating PV prototype
The NaturSea-PV project aims to develop a lily-inspired offshore floating photovoltaic (PV) system. It is built using a newly developed, eco-friendly UHPC material that is both flexible and resilient against harsh conditions. MARIN is currently testing the prototype....
How Alewijnse contributes to Dutch autonomous sailing project
Autonomous sailing is coming soon. It will be more efficient, sustainable and safer, and will help alleviate crew shortages. Alewijnse is part of the Fieldlab Autonomous Sailing Technology (F.A.S.T.) project. This initiative, with the Damen Stan Patrol 900 patrol boat...
VIDEO: Van Oord’s cable-layer Nexus fitted with Damen SCR tech
Damen Shipyards Group has installed a series of advanced selective catalytic reduction (SCR) systems on Van Oord's cable-laying vessel Nexus. With this upgrade, the Nexus is now fully IMO Tier III compliant. The Nexus is a Damen Offshore Carrier (DOC) 8500 delivered...
Neoline has its first sail-powered RoRo cargo ship launched
RMK Marine shipyard has launched the Neoliner Origin, Neoline's first sail-powered RoRo cargo ship. The 136-metre vessel will be propelled by two 76-metre Solid Sail carbon masts with retractable leeboards for an operating speed of 11 knots. The vessel was...
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